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Holding Pattern
... overlooking the sea. The wifi is certainly good and the beer is cold. So too is the wind that blows down the straits between Timor and the Alor islands of Indonesia to the north. The wind is so cool that I have to buy a warm jacket from the market, a good investment I think, as soon we will be heading into an Australian winter.
The Lavalon Bar is run by Edwin, a man of mixed Timorese and Dutch descent, and a famous font of knowledge for travellers. ...
Timor Leste Consulate in Kupang
... other side.
They could do, but asked about paper work they had no idea what it is.
I don't want to end up with illegally smuggled bike, with no
documents stamped so I can't send it out later to Australia.
Especially that there is no no direct flights, only with change in
Bali or Jakarta and terribly expensive. Bollocks.
I ran out of clues. Tomorrow I am going
to consulate again.
The positive thing of this ****** day
is that I met ...
Flying Day.
... checks, I was free about 3 hours later
than I supposed to be. F....g Bali.
At domestic terminal I asked in every airline's ticket office for flights back to Timor, but all
the agents were confident - there is nothing today, I can only fly
tomorrow. Then, one guy, I called him later walking time table, came
and said – “not true, it's possible to be in Kupang today, two
flights, two airlines, one change and you are there”. I said ...
Timor Leste, attempt to enter.
... border, even if other papers are fine. They have changed legislation
recently and now have to be very strict about it. I thought they just
playing with me and want some money, as they use to do before, but
this time there were no interested in cash, there was no way to sort
it on the border. I called to Timor Leste consulate in Kupang. And
ask what to do do to obtain this thing right now, here. They said I
can apply by internet – it ...
Waiting for ship with bike.
... I loose it again if buy another one.
Also it has GPS trucking-on-map option but the thing is that after taking tens of shots for
whole day long you want to sort it in to one or few longer ones at the end and you
need something to make a movie or convert it to movie maker format. And then you are loosing GPS data. So, it's useless function.
Also battery is a joke, two hours
max, it's radiculous.
Switching on/off another bad point. You never know
in ...